Ania Farren

Ania sits as arbitrator and has been appointed by both by institutions and parties.

Ania currently works as Managing Director at Vannin Capital, overseeing the funding of arbitration matters. She was previously at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), where she was a partner in the International Arbitration group. She previously worked in several leading arbitration practices in London, and Paris. She has over 15 years’ experience as counsel specialising in international arbitration, both commercial and investment treaty, with a particular focus on energy related disputes.

She has been ranked in Chambers & Partners UK since 2012. In 2018, Ania was ranked 5th most highly regarded lawyer under 45 in Europe in Who’s Who Future Leaders.

In addition to her legal work, Ania was the ICC YAF representative in the UK between 2012 and 2017, appointed to the ICC UK Committee for Arbitration and ADR in 2015 and has been Vice Chair of the committee since 2017.

She is regularly invited to speak at conferences. She was a member of the ICCA/Queen Mary Taskforce on Third Party Funding and Chaired the Sub-Committee on privilege. She is also Co-Chair of the International Arbitration Charity Ball Committee and on the organising committee for London Disputes Week.